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Sean Kemp

BI Developer
Centurion,South Africa

Summary

Data Scientist familiar with gathering, cleaning and organizing data for use by technical and non-technical personnel. Advanced understanding of statistical, algebraic and other analytical techniques. Highly organized, motivated and diligent with significant background in Qlikview, Qliksense, Power BI, and SQL.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
6
6
Certifications

Work History

Data Scientist

InTrade
Centurion, Gauteng
11.2021 - Current
  • Provided comprehensive analysis and recommend solutions to address complex business problems and issues using data from internal and external sources and applied advanced analytical methods to assess factors impacting growth and profitability across product and service offerings.
  • Applied statistical and algebraic techniques to interpret key points from gathered data.
  • Evaluated processes and data, identifying productivity gains and sales growth within digitization segment.
  • Leveraged analytics to drive business development, productivity and process improvement.
  • Scaled analytical capabilities across all business areas, evolving analytics to influence clients' strategic planning and executives' decision-making.
  • Created and cultivated test and learn culture among CRM and digitization groups, creating and executing structured experimentations based on data-driven and market ideas.
  • Developed data-gathering and reporting structures from ground up and strategized methods capitalizing on system features.
  • Collaborated with internal stakeholders, identifying and gathering analytical requirements for customer, product and projects needs.
  • Established frameworks for running Qlikview, Qliksense, Nprinting, Oracle, SSRS, Tableau, Power BI and Power Query daily reports.
  • Built tools to automate processes such as reporting, dashboarding and querying processes.
  • Used DAX, M+, SQL and SSIS algorithms to analyze and solve complex business problems.
  • Spearheaded customer education initiatives, facilitating cross-functional team and executing initiatives such as e-service boost, e-service usability testing and enhancement.
  • Developed polished visualizations to share results of data analyses.
  • Ran statistical analyses within software to process large datasets.
  • Compiled, cleaned and manipulated data for proper handling.
  • Applied loss functions and variance explanation techniques to compare performance metrics.
  • Presented findings orally and in writing with advanced mathematical models.
  • Modeled predictions with feature selection algorithms.
  • Tested and validated models for accuracy of predictions in outcomes of interest.
  • Leveraged mathematical techniques to develop engineering and scientific solutions.

BI Developer

Inteleqt
Sandton, Gauteng
05.2021 - 09.2021
  • Assessed platform statistics to create customized, data-intensive BI analytics.
  • Wrote and optimized SQL statements to assist business intelligence practices.
  • Liaised with DevOps team to integrate business intelligence assets into future development lifecycles.
  • Designed customized data collection models for specific visualization tasks.
  • Compiled, maintained and developed database systems for tracking tailored content reports.
  • Oversaw database upgrade, backup, recovery and migration.
  • Collaborated with Business Analysts to prepare targeted documentation, specifications and resources to analyze business data.
  • Integrated BI assets into customer relationship management tasks, improving service personnel's available intelligence.
  • Collected data from wide-ranging sources.
  • Improved data gathering, analysis and visualization procedures with strategic optimizations.
  • Generated reports, updated spreadsheets and presented results.
  • Directed implementation of new business intelligence tools, selecting appropriate solutions and aiding in corresponding onboarding processes.
  • Handled massive quantities of business intelligence data.
  • Queried operational, logistics, financial, and management teams to define intelligence needs, structuring subsequent information gathering efforts accordingly.
  • Monitored and optimized SQL server performance.
  • Planned, designed and implemented diverse business intelligence solutions.
  • Automated BI reports for secure virtual server environment.
  • Developed and managed dashboards using Qlikview, Qliksense, Power BI, Power Query, SSRS, Oracle, Tableau, and Zoho.
  • Maintained proficiency with latest database technologies.

BI Developer

Direct Insight Consulting
Sandton, Gauteng
05.2018 - 04.2021
  • Assessed platform statistics to create customized, data-intensive BI analytics.
  • Wrote and optimized SQL statements to assist business intelligence practices.
  • Liaised with DevOps team to integrate business intelligence assets into future development lifecycles.
  • Designed customized data collection models for specific visualization tasks.
  • Compiled, maintained and developed database systems for tracking tailored content reports.
  • Oversaw database upgrade, backup, recovery and migration.
  • Collaborated with Operations, Logistics, Finance, and Management teams to prepare targeted documentation, specifications and resources to analyze business data.
  • Integrated BI assets into customer relationship management tasks, improving service personnel's available intelligence.
  • Collected data from wide-ranging sources.
  • Improved data gathering, analysis and visualization procedures with strategic optimizations.
  • Generated reports, updated spreadsheets and presented results.
  • Developed intelligence-sharing dashboards, providing company-wide access to collected data.
  • Directed implementation of new business intelligence tools, selecting appropriate solutions and aiding in corresponding onboarding processes.
  • Handled massive quantities of business intelligence data.
  • Monitored and optimized SQL server performance.
  • Planned, designed and implemented diverse business intelligence solutions.
  • Automated BI reports for secure virtual server environment.
  • Developed and managed dashboards using Qlikview, Qliksense, Power BI, Power Query, SSRS, Zoho, Oracle, and Tableau.
  • Maintained proficiency with latest database technologies.

BI Project Manager

Brandwx
Centurion, Gauteng
05.2017 - 04.2018
  • Maintained open communication by presenting regular updates on project status to customers.
  • Adhered to budget requirements with excellent planning and consistent expense monitoring.
  • Tracked project and team member performance closely to quickly intervene in mistakes or delays.
  • Verified quality of deliverables and conformance to specifications before submitting to clients.
  • Obtained needed resources by strategically negotiating with stakeholders and outside suppliers.
  • Reported regularly to managers on project budget, progress and technical problems.
  • Sourced, vetted and managed vendors needed to accomplish project goals.
  • Built successful project plans covering objectives, resources and staffing to meet schedules.
  • Recruited and oversaw personnel to achieve performance and quality targets.
  • Scheduled and facilitated meetings between project stakeholders to discuss deliverables, schedules and conflicts.
  • Maintained energy and enthusiasm in fast-paced environment.
  • Oversaw daily operations to ensure high levels of productivity.
  • Supervised work of contracted employees to keep on task for timely completion.
  • Developed team communications and information for meetings.
  • Resolved conflicts and negotiated mutually beneficial agreements between parties.
  • Worked flexible hours; night, weekend, and holiday shifts.

BI Developer

Brandwx
Centurion, Gauteng
05.2016 - 04.2017
  • Assessed platform statistics to create customized, data-intensive BI analytics.
  • Liaised with DevOps team to integrate business intelligence assets into future development lifecycles.
  • Designed customized data collection models for specific visualization tasks.
  • Collaborated with Operations, Trade, and Management teams to prepare targeted documentation, specifications and resources to analyze business data.
  • Integrated BI assets into customer relationship management tasks, improving service personnel's available intelligence.
  • Collected data from wide-ranging sources.
  • Improved data gathering, analysis and visualization procedures with strategic optimizations.
  • Generated reports, updated spreadsheets and presented results.
  • Developed intelligence-sharing dashboards, providing company-wide access to collected data.
  • Planned, designed and implemented diverse business intelligence solutions.
  • Automated BI reports for secure virtual server environment.
  • Developed and managed dashboards using Qliksense, Excel, Zoho.
  • Expat consulting in Ghana, Nigeria, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya and Togo.

Education

Diploma - MCSE/MCSD Business Intelligence NQF 6

CTU Training Solutions
Roodepoort
01.2015 - 12.2016

Diploma - Vocals, Guitar And Bass Guitar

Campus of Performing Arts
Pretoria
01.2012 - 12.2013

Skills

Qliksense

Qlikview

Power BI

SQL

Tableau

Zoho

Nprinting

Oracle

Excel

Kibana

Microsoft Office

Data management

Statistical analysis

Certification

Microsoft Specialist Programming in C#

Timeline

Data Scientist

InTrade
11.2021 - Current

BI Developer

Inteleqt
05.2021 - 09.2021

BI Developer

Direct Insight Consulting
05.2018 - 04.2021

BI Project Manager

Brandwx
05.2017 - 04.2018

Microsoft Specialist Programming in C#

12-2016

Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer Windows Store Apps using C#

12-2016

Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer We Applications: JavaScript CSS and HTML

12-2016

Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer App Builder using C#, Javascript, CSS and HTML

12-2016

Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate Web Applications using JavaScript, CSS and HTML

12-2016

Microsoft Certified Professional

12-2016

BI Developer

Brandwx
05.2016 - 04.2017

Diploma - MCSE/MCSD Business Intelligence NQF 6

CTU Training Solutions
01.2015 - 12.2016

Diploma - Vocals, Guitar And Bass Guitar

Campus of Performing Arts
01.2012 - 12.2013
Sean KempBI Developer